Coordinator, Global Copyright Administration

Sony Music Publishing; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life & disability insurance

401K with employer match

Identity theft protection

Paid parental leave

Professional growth opportunities

Winter recess time off

Job summary

Sony Music Publishing in Nashville is seeking a detail-oriented Data Specialist to support international affiliate data, cataloging, and workflow processes. You’ll partner with the Data Team to ensure registrations are accurate and compliant, using JIRA and standard tools across territories.

Join a global, creator-first environment within the Sony family, offering comprehensive benefits and a growth-focused culture that supports your career and work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• 7.5-hour business day with extended hours for events.
• Experience with relational databases.
• Strong focus and analytical abilities.
• Detail-oriented, highly organized and able to follow training notes.
• Proactive, able to ask questions and research when needed.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; timely responses to inquiries.
• Ability to adhere to delivery workflows and work with Jira.

Responsibilities

• Enter and maintain international Sony & EMI affiliate data per territories.
• Create and maintain client accounts/sub-accounts and works; ensure registration readiness.
• Train with and use the copyright department's data tools.
• Collaborate with registration processes, protocols, and timelines.
• Work with Jira for deliveries and tracking.
• Assist with ad-hoc projects including large catalog deliveries and amendments.
• Receive and process deliveries via Jira through to completion.
• Systematically organize and file reports, deliveries, and queries via email, Jira and drives.
• Track reports and provide feedback.

Skills

Relational databases

Analytical abilities

Detail-oriented

Initiative

Communication skills

Asking good questions

Delivery workflow

Multi-tasking

Prioritization

Accuracy

Office software familiarity

Tools

JIRA

Excel

Outlook

Teams

Word

Job description

At Sony Music Publishing (“SMP”), we believe every voice matters. We are the #1 global music publisher, advancing the artistry of the world’s greatest songwriters and composers for over 25 years. We keep songwriters at the forefront of everything we do, and design our suite of services to amplify opportunities, build connections, and defend their rights. Our roster benefits from an international team committed to providing support at every career stage. From classic catalogues to contemporary hitmakers, history is always being written. We are a part of the Sony family of global companies. Learn more about SMP at https://www.sonymusicpub.com/en.

Why join Sony Music Group?

Here at Sony Music Group, we are shaping what’s next in a way that creates impact. Forging powerful new ideas at the heart of music, technology, and culture that entertain and move people.

This is your opportunity. Part of a global community, united by individual passion, rising to that challenge every day. Adapting at pace and supporting one another, inspired to influence the future. For the benefit of you, our people; our creators, our business, and wider society too.

Be a part of an organization that is creator first. Committed to fueling excellence and always imagining more, while fostering a supportive culture, one where we elevate each other and act responsibly.

Job Purpose

To further Sony Music Publishing’s place, leadership, and expertise in the Music Publishing Industry.

What You’ll Do: (job responsibilities)

• Day-to-day entry and maintenance of International Sony & EMI affiliate client and song data, per the Data Team’s designated territories/local offices.
• System creation and maintenance of client accounts/sub accounts and works; ensuring they are registration-ready, while observing local territory rules and protocols.
• Basic training/exposure and eventual usage of the copyright department’s proprietary data ingestion / manipulation / update tools.
• Working in conjunction with registration processes, protocols, and timelines.
• Working in conjunction with Atlassian JIRA products and platforms.
• Assisting with ad-hoc/“special” GCA-wide projects including voluminous deliveries, new catalogues, and large-scale amendment projects.
• Receiving and processing delegated or automatically assigned deliveries via JIRA, through to completion.
• Systematic organization, tracking, trueing-up and filing of reports, deliveries, queries etc. via email, JIRA, internal drives, and databases etc.
• In-depth report tracking, trueing-up and feedback.

Who You Are: (Skills and Experience required)

• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• 7.5-hour business workday but variations in work volume frequently require extended working hours for evening and late-night events.
• Experience of relational databases (propriety or otherwise).
• Strong focus and analytical abilities.
• Detail-oriented, highly organized, and able to take and apply notes and training documents while learning and working.
• Taking initiative whilst remaining comfortable with asking questions, putting forth potential answers.
• Positive attitude and communication skills. Timely responses to emails, messages, and JIRA queries.
• Ability to compose and pose well-constructed questions and queries to others, having already engaged in any necessary research.
• Confidence in adhering to delivery/departmental workflow, pursuing answers and results when needed.
• Ability to be a flexible, adaptable, multi-tasker.
• Ability to prioritize assignments and communicate with the team leader on a regular basis.
• Ability to maintain high levels of accuracy while handling multiple varied tasks.
• Familiarity with common office software (Excel, Outlook/Email, Teams, Word). Experience with Excel a plus.
• Experience of, and keen interest in Music Publishing Administration in general, a plus.

What We Give You

• You join an inclusive, collaborative, and global community where you have the opportunity to fuel the creative journey
• A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork
• An attractive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401K + employer matching
• Voluntary benefits like company-paid identity theft protection and resources for pets, mental health and meditation resources, industry-leading fertility coverage, fully paid leave for childbirth or bonding, fully paid leave for caregivers, programs for loved ones with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity, subsidized back-up child and elder care, and reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, tuition, and student loans
• We invest in your professional growth & development
• Time off for a winter recess

Honesty, trustworthiness and ethical conduct are material requirements for the responsibilities outlined above.

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy), gender, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, military status, status as a veteran or disabled veteran, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or family status, genetic information, medical condition, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.

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